Does your LCR feel slower over time?

[Colonelk]

I don't think there is anything wrong with the car although I could do with VagCom to double check. I've had the car 4 months now and at first it felt furious. Now it feels "normal"

Never having had a performance car before I think this is the "familiarity factor" more than anything else, but I just wondered whether I wasn't the only one that felt this way.

I guess the modding starts now hehehehe

If I get this easily bored I'll have to keep upgrading till i get to the Exotica

 

[si-mate]

Could be the warmer temperatures. Made a hell of a difference in my LCR.

Either go out first thing in the morning or get a FMIC.

 

[DPJ]

Do a TBA.

Get Vag-Com and regularly monitor your 60-100 in 4th

 

[Cowie]

or maybe the ECU could do with re-setting....if you've just been pottering around the ECU,alters depending on the way the car is driven over time, a reset wouldn't be a bad thing.........then again maybe just talkin a load of tosh

 

[RobM]

Reset the ECU and do a TBA. This will make things a bit more livelier, but it will go back this way again. It's probably due to you getting used to things more as well.

(edit - beaten to it!)

 

[andycupra]

your used to the car now im sure.
it may feel slow but note the cars you are passing..

you can reset the ecu from time to time if you like, especially if you have used a lower spec fuel or following very hot weather.

1. check you have code for radio.
2. get 10mm spanner
3. take off negative terminal on battery
4. wait a min
5. replace negative lead
6. turn on ignition but do not start engine
7. leave ignition of few 3 mins (or until high pitched sound under bonnet has stopped). This will have completed a throttle body alignment.
8. enter radio code if needed (or do between steps 6 and 7)

note: do this on a cold engine only.

 

[Colonelk]

I'll give the ECU reset a go. Then I'll take her around the country roads....

Gonna give Spanny a shout and see if he'll visit me with VagCom for those 60-100 times

So what times should I be getting with a standard 225 LCR then?

 

[Willie]

I've noticed the opposite lately.
~I work offshore two on two off, the wife drives my car when away.
She's not a slow driver but takes it more canny than me. When I get home and drive the car the first few time it feels awesome, the pull is far better than normal. I was wondering is driving your car slowly for a few days actually improves the performance?And no its not just the weather or me just not being used to the car etc, have disproved the lot

Colonelk

Its obvious what the answer is.....
Get a job offshore, it improves the performance of your car
OR let my wife drive your car

 

[Colonelk]

Bit of a trek since we are based in Coventry don't ya think

 

[andyj]

after reading this thread this morning I popped out and did an ECU reset and TBA

haven't done it since owning the car, so thought it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.

will let you know the results tomorrow after I've driven it home tonight

 

[andycupra]

after reading this thread this morning I popped out and did an ECU reset and TBA

haven't done it since owning the car, so thought it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.

will let you know the results tomorrow after I've driven it home tonight

dont forget that if you are running decent fuel the ecu will tanka little while to adapt and take full advantage.
The ECU is very mush safety first, so it will adapt very fast to reducing performance (eg due hot weather, lower octane fuel, air density etc). It will adapt slowely the other way.

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Oh and for those that have asked if you drive slowely for a good while is it quicker afterwards? id say it feels like it! - this is probably more down to the ecu adapting and as you havnt been pushing it its had no reason to reduce performance.

 

[Willie]

dont forget that if you are running decent fuel the ecu will tanka little while to adapt and take full advantage.
The ECU is very mush safety first, so it will adapt very fast to reducing performance (eg due hot weather, lower octane fuel, air density etc). It will adapt slowely the other way.

.
Oh and for those that have asked if you drive slowely for a good while is it quicker afterwards? id say it feels like it! - this is probably more down to the ecu adapting and as you havnt been pushing it its had no reason to reduce performance.

Im very interested in this comment does the car reduce something if you are pushing the car a bit??
What does it reduce?
How can you stop this from happening??

 

[Gubien]

Colonelk:

Tried the same on my LCR. Had mine for about 1½ month and by time it feels "slower".
But when i picked it up I took some tests, 80-120 4. no trc, 5,6 sec, so every time it feels "slow" I just tests it again.
The result is always the same, within 0,1-0,2 sec

/Thomas )

 

[murphster]

your used to the car now im sure.
it may feel slow but note the cars you are passing..

you can reset the ecu from time to time if you like, especially if you have used a lower spec fuel or following very hot weather.

1. check you have code for radio.
2. get 10mm spanner
3. take off negative terminal on battery
4. wait a min
5. replace negative lead
6. turn on ignition but do not start engine
7. leave ignition of few 3 mins (or until high pitched sound under bonnet has stopped). This will have completed a throttle body alignment.
8. enter radio code if needed (or do between steps 6 and 7)

note: do this on a cold engine only.

Would this also reset engine warning codes?

 

[andycupra]

Would this also reset engine warning codes?

think that may depend on the type of fault code. im not sure.

 

[speedsix]

The topic of 'resetting' the ecu's adaptation values has always confused me.

A TBA either via vag-com or leaving the ignition set to first position for 3 mins, also resets the ecu's adaptation values, right? Does this differ from unhooking the battery?

Which I'm assuming brings the levels closer to what values are being requested after it has been pulled back because of high temps/low grade fuel etc.

Which is quicker than the ecu working it's way back up slowly on it's own?

 

[Willie]

The topic of 'resetting' the ecu's adaptation values has always confused me.

A TBA either via vag-com or leaving the ignition set to first position for 3 mins, also resets the ecu's adaptation values, right? Does this differ from unhooking the battery?

Which I'm assuming brings the levels closer to what values are being requested after it has been pulled back because of high temps/low grade fuel etc.

Which is quicker than the ecu working it's way back up slowly on it's own?

I'm even more intreaged by this post!!!
Tell me more about this ecu adaption resetting
AFAIK I'm doing to the car the best I can, always V Power from always a busy garage. Got a cold air induction kit and uprated turbo hoses.
Surely the ecu should be a happy camper with all of this
UPDATE!!
I've used the new function I've found called search!!
Found lots of info
Cheers #goes to reset ecu and TB#

 

[corradophil]

Not an LCR, but my Revo'd AUM Golf feels pretty tame. It's most noticable in 2nd gear, it just feels like it's being held back. On a motorway at higher speeds in 4th and 5th it pulls like a train. Maybe this is related to more air flow and less continuous hard use of the turbo at high speeds.

 

[andycupra]

Not an LCR, but my Revo'd AUM Golf feels pretty tame. It's most noticable in 2nd gear, it just feels like it's being held back. On a motorway at higher speeds in 4th and 5th it pulls like a train. Maybe this is related to more air flow and less continuous hard use of the turbo at high speeds.

try the ecu and throttle body alignments as above. then give it a go again.

 

[corradophil]

try the ecu and throttle body alignments as above. then give it a go again.

I've done this several times in the past, but as it is so easy I'll do it again.

Need to fill up with some decent fuel 1st though, I ran really low on Sunday night and was forced to fill with 95 ron unleaded, at the 1st open petrol station I had seen for 40 miles since the warning light had come on.